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Mets Add J.P. Ricciardi to Front Office

The Mets on Tuesday announced the hiring of former Blue Jays general manager J.P. Ricciardi as a special assistant to new GM Sandy Alderson. Ricciardi, who spent eight years as GM in Toronto and was fired in October 2009, worked with Alderson and Billy Beane in Oakland and was a minor-leaguer in the Mets farm system from...

J.P. Ricciardi Fired as Blue Jays GM

J.P. Ricciardi, fired Saturday morning as general manager of the Blue Jays, will be remembered for spending plenty and not winning enough. Hired in 2001, Ricciardi was charged with trying to compete with the Yankees and Red Sox in the AL East. To do it, he splurged on free-agent signings such as A.J. Burnett and B.J. Ryan...

J.P. Ricciardi: 'The Division Is Not Going To Change'

With the season winding down and the Blue Jays headed for their first losing season since 2005, it seems like there's a very good chance that general manager J.P. Ricciardi is going to lose his job when the season ends. His popularity in Toronto is waning and 2009 will mark his eighth season on the job without making the...

White Sox Claim Alex Rios on Waivers

The White Sox will take on outfielder Alex Rios, and the remaining guaranteed $59.7 million on his contract (which runs through 2014), for the stretch run after successfully claiming him off of waivers from the Blue Jays, according to multiple reports.Chicago will not send a player to Toronto in exchange for Rios, making...

Baseball Brunch: Off to the Races

Every Sunday, MLB FanHouse empties out its notebook in Baseball Brunch.Now that the hands are dealt -- expect for one or two more this month -- we can examine the pennant races to come.There wasn't much point in assessing the races until after Friday's non-waiver trade deadline, when we know what we're dealing with. Some...

Background on j.p. ricciardi

John Paul (J. P.) Ricciardi (born September 26, 1959 in Worcester, Massachusetts) is a Major League Baseball executive who currently is a special assistant to New York Mets General Manager Sandy Alderson.

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